Latest news
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Beware of fake Candy Crush apps on Google Play
19.03.2013
Whenever a mobile game becomes hugely popular, it also becomes a great way for scammers and malware peddlers to lure users into unknowingly installing malicious apps on their devices.
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"Confidential document on Google Docs" leads to account hijacking
18.03.2013
A simple phishing scam aimed at harvesting users' Google credentials is hitting inboxes around the world, warns Hoax-Slayer.
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Google unveils site to help webmasters recover their hacked sites
13.03.2013
As the most widely used Internet search engine, Google Search is the de-facto starting point for hundreds of millions of queries each day.
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Google reports on non-court ordered FBI data requests
06.03.2013
With every new Transparency Report that Google releases biannually since 2009, new information about data requests from government agencies are included.
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Scammers use Google glasses as lure
01.03.2013
The great interest that the upcoming release of Google glasses has generated in the public is being actively exploited by cyber scammers, warns Trend Micro.
Spotlight

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.
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